THE TELEGRAPH: The ban on flights over most of Britain caused by a cloud of volcanic ash drifting from Iceland has been extended until tomorrow morning as Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, expressed fear the restrictions could be "indefinite".
Mr Johnson questioned the Government's handling of the volcanic ash cloud crisis and said the public needed to know the risks of flying against the reality of the country being without air travel.
He said experts within the aviation industry had told him they were used to operating in countries with volcanos and understood the risks, implying they did not agree with the current flight ban.
But Mr Johnson said if it was "genuinely impossible" to fly, then plans had to be made for the long-term, as the economy of the nation was being affected.
He said: "My anxiety clearly, given the damage that this is going to do to the UK economy, is that this no-fly zone, this closure of the airspace over the country, could just go on for an indefinite period of time at this level of risk to aviation." Iceland volcano: Boris Johnson voices fears of 'indefinite' flight ban >>> Lucy Cockcroft and Gordon Rayner | Tuesday, April 20, 2010
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